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Nintendo DS Hands On
The Big N's media event went off well, and people have finally had a chance to experience the playability and feel of the DS system. Penny Arcade has commentary from Gabe and Tycho, and Gamespot gives it a look as well. Quoth Tycho: "The final analysis: I am overjoyed that Nintendo isn't completely nuts, which was my fear initially. This is a pretty cool little machine. But the opening salvo is a little soft in the genres I prize most, and there's no stand-out title that forces my hand on the system."
You are mistaken. What you descripe would be the PSP...
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
* 2 hour Battery Life
* No Wireless Multiplayer
* Unprotected Screen
* No Backwards Compatability
* Proprietary Music, Video formats
I'm not having ANY problems forgetting about it.
I'm finding it hard to forget about.
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Two key points make the PSP 'forgettable', so to speak;
1: The battery life is being stated as a mere 90 minutes by developers (analysts have been reporting it) - http://www.n-philes.com/index.php?Id=346
2: It's apparent price-point is phenomenally high (it was seemingly leaked by Gamespot, and then pulled back down again because they'd supposedly broken a Non-Disclosure Agreement - http://www.n-philes.com/index.php?Id=301 ). According to this report, it may well be around $350, and that doesn't include the cost of a game, and a Memory Stick Pro Duo With Magic Gate, which is kind of a neccessity should you want to save your game data.
"PSP:
R4000 CPU @ ~133MHz
32M RAM
480 x 272, widescreen TFT
USB 2.0
802.11b
IrDA"
"$350 for for a portable system anchored to an outlet, priceless."
"Derp de derp."